For the sixth year running GRAHAM have achieved a Platinum status – the highest scoring level in this year’s Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey. GRAHAM were also identified as the top scoring contractor in the construction sector.

The survey, which is run by BITC (Business in the Community), benchmarks organisations against both sector peers and against leading organisations in Northern Ireland, based on environmental management and performance in key areas.

It is recognised as a positive influencer that is helping organisations throughout Northern Ireland to achieve more sustainable ways of doing business.

Since 1998, the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey has assessed the extent to which environmental business practices have been embedded within the corporate strategies and operations of local organisations.

The Survey benchmarks organisations against both their sector peers and against leading Northern Ireland organisations on the basis of their environmental management and performance in key areas. It is a voluntary exercise that helps organisations identify environmental impacts, measure progress, drive improvement, and raise awareness of the environment as an important, strategic and competitive issue at board level.

The Survey has grown to become Northern Ireland’s leading environmental benchmarking exercise, attracting organisations from numerous industry sectors, including participants from the top 200 companies and leading public-sector organisations, such as health trusts, local authorities and universities.

A key driver for corporate environmental management and improvement, the Survey is recognised as a positive influencer that is helping organisations throughout Northern Ireland achieve more sustainable ways of doing business.